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Scottish Birds Scottish Birds The Journal of The Scottish Ornithologists' Cluh Vo!. 4 No. 6 Summer 1967 FIVE SHILLINGS With or without spectacles Eric Hosking F.R.P.S. the but this binocular gives a celebrated ornithologist and remarkably wide field of bird photographer, view for both the spectacle writes Wearer and the naked eye. * "I have recently found that for The price is high butthe the most.exacting observations Ze iss 8 x 50B binocular is particularly attwilight or beyond compare and I am overthe sea or misty delighted with it." -terrain, I needa binocular with greater brilliance of * Actually 130 yards at 1000 illumination. which has never been equalled Conseq uently, after testing in a spectacle wearer's model various types, I have changed of this specification. to the new 8 x SOB Zeiss binocular which I find to be Degenhardt & Co. Ltd., a really marvellous prod uction; Carl Zeiss House, not only is the quality of 20/22 Mortimer Street, illumination and optical London, W.1 . correction beyond criticism, MUSeum 8050 (15 lines), (Degenhardt British Agents for Carl Zeiss West Germany CHOOSING A BINOCULAR OR A TELESCOPE EXPERT ADVICE From a Large Selection ., New and Secondhand G. HUTCHISON & SONS Phone CAL. 5579 OPTICIANS 18 FORREST ROAD, EDINBURGH Open till 5.30 p.m. Saturdays Closing all day Tuesday A SPECIALIST BINOCULAR FOR BIRD-WATCHERS The Swift 'Audubon' Field of view 445 feet at 1000 yards. Focus down to 12 feet. Designed to the suggested specification of an internationally known group of ornithologists, this Is one of the finest nature· study binoculars available. The 'AUDUBON' has all the unique features Please send me lea/let giving detal13 oJ of the SWII'T 'BCF' range. the full range 0/ SWII'T blnoculaTl. • Straw-coloured 'Ve-coated' lenses for 'whlte Image'. 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Just a few of our products are mentioned here. A comprehensive list of foods and seeds will gladly be sent on request. HAITH'S WILD BIRD FOODS WILD BIRD FOOD (contains only cultivated seeds-no wild seed used) 5 Ib 8/-, 9 Ib 11/6, 13 Ib 14/-, 28 Ib 19/ 6, 56 Ib 34/-, 112 Ib 65/-. FOOD FOR THE TIT FAMILY 5 Ib 10/6, 9 Ib 16/9, 13 Ib 21/-, 28 Ib 3519, 56 Ib 67/-, 112 Ib 130/-. SONGSTER FOOD for Blackbirds etc. 5 Ib 8/9, 9 Ib 13/3, 13 Ib 17/-, 28 Ib 25/6, 561b 46/-, 112 Ib 88/-. SUNFLOWER SEEDS (mixed) 5 Ib 9/9, 9 Ib 15/-, 13 Ib 1819, 28 Ib 31/6, 56 Ib 57/-, 1121b 110/-. MONKEY NUTS (in shell) for bird feeding 5 Ib 11/-, 91b 1719, 13 lb 2219,28 Ib 37/9, 56 Ib 72/-, 112 Ib 140/-. ~'EANUT KERNELS for bird feeding 5 Ib 10/6, 9 Ib 16/9, 13 Ib 21/-, 28 Ib 3519, 561b 67/-, 1121b 130/-. WALNUTS (broken) for bird feeding 5 Ib 10/ 6, 9 Ib 16/9, 13 Ib 21/-, 28 Ib 35/9, 561b 67/-, 112 Ib 130/ -. All Post or Carriage Paid JOHN E. HAITH LTD. DEPT. S.B., PARK STREET, CLEETHORPES Scottish Birds THE JOURNAL OF THE SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB Contents of Volume 4, Number 6, Summer 1967 Page Editorial 401 The Birds of the Small Isles. By P. R. Evans and W. U. Flower (plates 44-47) 404 Short Notes American Wigoon in Shetland (M. Carins) 445 Snrf Scoter in Fife (R. Job) 446 King Eider in Shetland (D. Coutts) 446 Buzzards breeding in Orkney (E. Balfour) 447 Crane in Aberdeenshire (G. M. Dunnet) 447 Gull-billed Tern in West Lothian (T. C. Smout) 448 Bee-eater in North Sutherland (D. E. Mackay) 449 The Magpie in western Scotland (T. D. H. Merrie) 449 Nuthatch in Kirkcudbrightshire (V. E. C. Balfour-Browne) 450 Dippers diving in icebound loch (J. B. Murray) 450 Blue Rock Thrush in Orkney (K. G. Walker) 451 Greenish Warbler in Berwickshire (D. I. M. Wallace) 452 Pall as's Warbler at Fair Isle-a new Scottish bird (R. H. Dennis) 454 Current Notes 455 Requests for Information 463 The Scottish Ornithologists' Club 464 Edited by Andrew T. Macmillan, 12 Abinger Gardens, Edinburgh 12. Auisted by D. G. Andrew, T. C. Smout and P. J. B. Slater. Busine.. Editor T. C. Smout, 93 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh 9. THE BOAT 0oo HOTEL t.9~ 1l1li0 '··• SUTHERLAND Set amidst mQ*untain and moor­ ARMS HOTEL land scenery, the Boat Hotel, with its reputation fQr CQmfQrt and gQQd GOLSPIE fQQd, is an ideal centre fQr study­ SUTHERLAND ing birds-the Ospreys at Loch SCOTLAND Garten are Qnly three miles away, Telephone: Golspie 216 and this is the CQuntry fQr Crested Tit, CrQssbill, Capercaillie and much Situated on the main North H.oad near the sea, Golspie besides. Also. ideal fQr phQtQgraphy, offers invigorating open air fishing and climbing. lS-hQle gQlf holidays to all. CQurse 2 minutes from hQtel. Per­ In addition to. its unique mits available for the river Spey. golf CQurse, it has fine loch Under Qwnership of Mr and Mrs fishings, sea bathing, tennis, James Harris. Reduced rates fQr bowls, hill climbing, unrival­ led scenery. including inex­ children. haustible subjects for the field sketcher and artist and BOAT OF GARTEN is an ornithologist's paradise. Inverness-shire 1t is, indeed, impQssible to find elsewhere so many nat­ ural amenities in so. small a compas·s. The B.T.O. Regio.nal Repre­ sentative, who lives in the BIRDS IN COLOUR village, will be pleased to. offer local advice regarding the as­ Send for Qur CQ1Qur-slide list tQnishing diversity Qf bird life cQvering Qur incQmparable in the vicinity and to receive lists of birds frQm visito.rs. collectiQn Qf British. EurQP­ The Hotel is fully mo.dern, ean and African birds-many but retains its old wQrld fine studies and clQse-ups. charm o.f o.ther days, and en­ joys a wide reno.wn for its Sets Qf 100 fQr hire. cQmfQrt and fine cuisine. Fully descriptive brQchures, including birdwatching, will BINOCULARS gladly be forwarded o.n re­ quest. Try the Swift "AudubQn" bird Central Heating watcher's binQculars - made Pro.prietor, Mrs F. HEXLEY fo.r the jQb. Other binoculars AA RAC. R.SAC. by the wQrld's leading makers. GARAGE AND LOCK-UPS AVAILABLE w. Cowen - Keswick Scottish Birds THE JOURNAL OT THE SCOTTISH ORNITHOWGISTS' CLUB Vol. 4 No. 6 Summer 1967 Edited by A. T. M~O){lLL.Uf with the assistance of D. G. ANnBJ:W, T. C. SKO= and P. J. B. S~TltB. Business Editor, T . C. SKOUT. Cover Design (Whlmbrel) by LltN FuLLltBTON. Editorial Oil pollution. Slowly, in recent years, more and more countries have moved towards banning the discharge of oil at sea, especially where it may drift ashore and foul beaches. But no law will prevent accidents. If any good were to come from the wreck of the giant tanker Torrey Canyon off the Cornish coast, it could be in a greater determination to tackle the causes of oil pollution effectively, though one fears that it will be only the narrower question of how to prevent a repetition of this particular disaster that will receive close attention. The mess is extensive and disgusting. The local people depend very much on holidaymakers for their living and are bound to suffer hardship. There is still plenty of oil washing about on the sea at the time of writing. For any seabirds that get into it-and there are probably tens of thousands that have-oil means death. It clogs their plum­ age so that they become wet and cold and seek refuge on the beaches. They cannot catch fish. If they preen their feathers to get rid of the oil they die, from swallowing it. Auks-Guillemots, Razorbills and Puffins-are worst hit because they spend so much time in flocks on the surface of the sea, but Gannets, Manx Shearwaters, Cormorants, gulls and other species are also in trouble. For most of the victims there is nothing that can be done. A small fraction may be saved by spending a great deal of time (and therefore money) on skilled cleaning and on keep­ ing the birds in captivity for the many months needed to restore the waterproofing to their plumage, and finally hop­ ing that they will take to life in the wild again when released. The R.S.P.B. and R.S.P.C.A. and other groups are doing what they can in this direction, and a fair number of birds will be saved that would otherwise have died. Anyone who has seen oiled birds will naturally want to do something for them, but it is probably only on humanitarian grounds that one can 402 EDITORIAL 4(6) justify the effort needed.
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